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Measuring and Forecasting Elite Sporting Success

2015
In this chapter we consider two key challenges that face nations seeking to achieve success in elite level sport. As a proxy for what is meant by the term 'elite level sport', we use summer Olympic Games, which in 2012 involves 26 sports, 39 disciplines and 302 events.
Shibli, S., De Bosscher, Veerle, Van Bottenburg, M.   +2 more
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Transwomen in elite sport: scientific and ethical considerations

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2019
The inclusion of elite transwomen athletes in sport is controversial. The recent International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2015) guidelines allow transwomen to compete in the women’s division if (amongst other things) their testosterone is held below 10 ...
T. Knox, L. Anderson, A. Heather
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The Application of Postactivation Potentiation to Elite Sport

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2007
Recently there has been considerable interest and research into the functional significance of postactivation potentiation (PAP) on sport performance. The interest has evolved around the potential for enhancing acute performance or the long-term training effect, typically in the form of complex training.
David Docherty, Matt Hodgson
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High-performance and elite sports

2018
For many years, POCT devices have been employed alongside central laboratory methods to analyze biomarkers in high-performance and elite sports. However, there has been a paucity of publications to date on studies in high-performance and elite athletes where POCT is explicitly mentioned as measuring methodology.
Joachim Mester, Silvia Achtzehn, Holger Broich   +2 more
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The Role of Elite sport for Society.

2013
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Van Bottenburg, M., De Bosscher, Veerle
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Sport psychological interventions in elite sports

2006
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Sport and culture: elitism or pluralism?

Leisure Studies, 1982
Students of cultural activities have noted the continuing existence of two kinds of culture, which have become known as high and popular culture. Advocates of high culture have failed to consider the significance of sport in society, relegating it to a subsidiary position as one of a mass of human activities collectively gathered under the rubric of ...
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Mental fatigue in elite sport

2021
Mental fatigue has rapidly gained scientific attention in the physical performance domain. Whilst laboratory-based evidence has demonstrated the potential for mental fatigue to impair endurance performance in exercise and some sport-specific tasks, a lack of research has explored how elite athletes experience mental fatigue in the applied setting ...
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Development ‘of’ Sport and Elite Sport Development

2020
David Shilbury, Pamm Phillips, Adam Karg, Katie Rowe   +3 more
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Suicide in Elite Sport

Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Paul Gorczynski, Thomas McCabe
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